She Couldn't Say No

1954

1h 29m

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5.6/10

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Comedy

An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.

Directors

Lloyd Bacon

Writers

William Bowers(screenplay by)

Richard Flournoy(screenplay by)

D.D. Beauchamp(screenplay by)

Stars

Robert Mitchum

Jean Simmons

Arthur Hunnicutt

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Top cast

Robert Mitchum

Doctor Robert Sellers

Jean Simmons

Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)

Odie Chalmers

Ed Meeker

Joe Wheelen

Judge Hobart

Digger

Sheriff

Miss McMurtry

Ed Gruman

Sally Watson

Elmer Wooley

Big Guy

Out-of-Towner (uncredited)

Morgan Brown

Minor Role (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer

Dick Jordan

Jonathan Hale

John Bentley

Florence Lake

Mrs. Gruman

Directors

Lloyd Bacon

Writers

William Bowers(screenplay by)

Richard Flournoy(screenplay by)

D.D. Beauchamp(screenplay by)

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Jean Simmons is just way too aloof for Robert Mitchum in this simple story of a wealthy lady who returns to a tiny Arkansan town "Progress" to bestow some largesse after their doctor saved her life many years earlier. When she arrives in her swanky automobile, she discovers that the doctor (Mitchum) is much younger than she was expecting and pretty soon the two are spatting like alley cats! When her gifts cause an inundation of strangers and freeloaders to the town akin to the gold rush, things all come to an head. There are some fun contributions from Arthur Hunnicutt - even when well-off, he just sits on his porch wearing his new suit and from Jimmy Hunt as the kid "Digger", but the performance from Simmons - perhaps epitomised by her rather severe hairstyle - is quite wooden and she really doesn't gel at all with her co-star. It's still quite watchable, though.

Geronimo196721 Nov, 2022